Arrow, with reed shaft and bamboo/palm wood blade. [MJD 09/06/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow, with reed shaft and bamboo/palm wood blade. [MJD 09/06/2011]
Long description: Arrow, with reed shaft and bamboo/palm wood blade. The join between the shaft and foreshaft is bound with plant fibre. The foreshaft has carved designs. The blade is secured to the end of the foreshaft with string. [MJD 05/01/2015]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Western Province South Fly District Bugi
Person: Field collector Cooke Daniels expedition; PRM source William Cooke Daniels
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: 1904 - 1905
Acquisition information: Donated: 1905 Found unentered: 09/06/2011
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Palm Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1630 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1905.63.98 Other numbers: Cooke Daniels number 97

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